Hanja Analyzer
炉

炉 — ro

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
화로 로
Romanization
ro
English
fireplace, stove, oven, furnace
Mandarin
lú
Japanese on'yomi
ロ
Japanese kun'yomi
いろり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,359 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
爐
Radical
火 (86, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+7089

Parts that make up 炉

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 戸 집 호 한 짝 문집과 드나드는 곳. ‘호’ 계열의 소리

How 炉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 炉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 盧.

Japanese words with 炉

  • 原子炉げんしろ atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
  • 炉心ろしん nuclear reactor core
  • 高炉こうろ blast furnace
  • 香炉こうろ censer; incense burner
  • 暖炉だんろ fireplace; hearth; stove
  • 溶鉱炉ようこうろ smelting furnace; blast furnace
  • 電気炉でんきろ electric furnace
  • 炉ろ hearth; fireplace; furnace
  • 懐炉かいろ pocket heater; hand warmer; heater pack
  • 炉端ろばた fireside; hearth; by the fire
  • 焜炉こんろ cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range
  • 平炉ひらろ open-hearth furnace

Other hanja read “로”

Other hanja with radical 火

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